Section 7-9F-9 - Claiming the credit for certain taxes. - New Mexico Statutes

7-9F-9. Claiming the credit for certain taxes.

A.     A taxpayer may apply for approval of a credit within one year following the end of the calendar year in which the qualified expenditure was made.   

B.     A taxpayer having applied for and been granted approval for a basic credit by the department pursuant to the Technology Jobs Tax Credit Act may claim the amount of the approved basic credit against the taxpayer's compensating tax, gross receipts tax or withholding tax due to the state of New Mexico; provided that no taxpayer may claim an amount of approved basic credit for any reporting period that exceeds the sum of the taxpayer's gross receipts tax, compensating tax and withholding tax due for that reporting period.   

C.     A taxpayer who has applied for and been granted approval for an additional credit by the department pursuant to the Technology Jobs Tax Credit Act may claim the amount of the approved additional credit against the taxpayer's income tax or corporate income tax due the state of New Mexico; provided that:   

(1)     no taxpayer may claim an amount of approved additional credit for any reporting period that exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's income tax or corporate income tax due for that reporting period; and   

(2)     a husband and wife who file separate returns for a taxable year in which they could have filed a joint return may each claim only one-half of the additional credit that would have been allowed them on a joint return.   

D.     Any amount of approved basic credit not claimed against the taxpayer's gross receipts tax, compensating tax or withholding tax due and any amount of approved additional credit not claimed against the taxpayer's income tax or corporate income tax due for a reporting period may be claimed in subsequent reporting periods; provided that a husband and wife who file separate returns for a taxable year in which they could have filed a joint return may each claim only one-half of the additional credit that would have been allowed them on a joint return.